Thavalai Dosa | Tamil Nada Special Thavala Dosa

Thavalai means a vessel in Tamil and this Thavalai Dosai refers to the Dosai that is cooked in a small wok/Kadai referred to as the ‘Appachatti’.

Thavala Dosa is a specialty dish from North Arcot District of Tamil Nadu. This is one of those No Ferment Dosa I selected and made together in the batch of eight dosas. I know you must be thinking I have repeated enough about the Eight different batches I made on a day. I adapted from this recipe.

However, the point is, I had combined handful of fermentation needed Dosas and some no Ferment Dosas. Some of these required same ingredients as some from the other batch. So I had ground and measured for each once it was ground and fermented as required.

So this Thavala Dosa is not only a ‘No Ferment Dosa’ it is also gluten free and a Vegan Recipe. Of course, many of the Indian Dishes are Vegan if you skip the ghee. Cooking this dosa with Sesame Oil or Peanut Oil enhances the taste further. You can serve the Thavalai Dosai with Red Spicy Chutney, Coconut Chutney Or even Korma goes well.

The other options I had for T were the different versions you can make with Thinai, then Tuppad Dose/ Ghee Dosa from Karnataka, Tender Coconut Dosa. I had prepared the Indian Flatbreads with the states in mind and ensured I didn’t repeat the states. I did end up repeating a couple of states more.

With the AtoZ Dosa Varieties though, I just couldn’t manage. At one point, I almost felt that I was doing AtoZ Dosa Varieties from Karnataka. So I picked up other states as much as possible.

Love the look of the crispy dosa. I am familiar with thavala vadai but never heard of this dosa. The no ferment dosas are great when we have unexpected guests. I love cooking dosas in sesame oil than ghee as it gives a wonderful aroma.